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N0. 321,767. Patented Ju Xg 7,1885.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 321,767, dated July 7, 1885. Application nica Maren 9,1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IsRAnL E. SMITH, of York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-Y pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my iinproved gate, showing it closed. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a per spective detail view showing a modification of the gate, in which the hinged doors at the inner faces of the posts may be automatically swung aside to allow the gate to be raised.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to vertically-sliding gates; and it consists in the improved con struction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A indicate the hollow posts of the gate, which posts are provided upon their inner faces with grooves or ways B, in which the ends of the gate C slide, and the end posts of the gate are grooved, as shown at D, for the accommodation of the ropes or cords E, which are secured at their ends to the lower portions of the end posts of the gate and pass over pulleys F at the upper ends of the ways in the gate-posts, whereupon they pass down intov the hollow posts and are attached to weights,7 which slide in the hollow posts, and which are of sufficient weight to counterbalance the gate and raise it when it is released from its latches. end upon one side of the gate, near or at the middle of the same, and two bars, H, are pivotcd to this lever, one at the lower end of the lever and the other at an equal distance above the pivotal point of the lever, and slide in bearings I upon the gate, having their ends adapted to enter recesses J in the inner faces of the ways upon the posts, serving as latchbolts. Two doors, K K, are hinged'to the A lever, G, is pivoted near its lower posts so as to swing in and cover the ways above the gate when the gate is in its lower position, while they may be swung out to allow the gate to be slid upward. It will be g seen that these doors will accomplish a twofold purpose-viz., covering the ways so as to prevent them from being obstructed by dirt or snow, and so as to preserve the ropes or cords, and at the same time the doors will serve the purpose of retaining the gate when it is drawn down, the lower edges of the doors bearing against the upper ends of the end posts of the gate when the gate is closed and the doors closed over the ways.

For the purpose of swinging t-he doors back without having to open each door by hand,

I construct the doors, as shown in Fig. 3, with springs L at their hinges, which springs will throw the doors open automatically; and for the purpose of retaining the doors in place, closed over the ways, when the gate is drawn down, I'provide catches M at the upper ends of the end posts of the gate, which will bear against the outer sides of the lower edges of the gate, and which may be released by means of cords N, secured to a lever, O, which is pivotally connected to the latch-lever G, and which will release the catches at the same time as the lever G withdraws the bolts H. In this manner the doors will be thrown open'and the gate unlatched at the same time, and the gate may be slid up, allowing free passage through the gateway, and the and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the 4 United States- 1. In a vertically-sliding gate, the combination'of the gate-posts having the ways upon their inner faces, the gate sliding in the said ways and having ropes and counterpoises for drawing it up, and provided with latches retaining it in position between the posts, and doorsl hinged to swing over and cover the ways in the inner faces of the posts, and bearing, when closed, with their lower ends against the upper ends of the end posts of the gate, when the said gate is drawn down, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a vertically-sliding gate, the combina tion of the gate-posts having the grooved l cords and lever eonneeted to the latch-lever, 1o ways in their inner faces, the gate sliding in as and for the purpose shown and set forth. lthe said Ways and having ropes and counter- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as poises for drawing it up, the latch-lever, and my own I have hereunto affixed my signature 3 the horizontally-sliding bolts H, the doors in presence of two witnesses.

hinged to the gate-posts and having springs at ISRAEL F. SMITH. their hinges for throwing them open, the XVitnesses: catches secured upon the upper ends of the B. G. Cown,

end posts of the gate, and the catch-operating ARTHUR I. D'IILLER. 

